StoryBoards & Script Writing

Digital Story telling # 4

Story Boards

• Storyboards are used to help you to plan your digital stories.

• You can make visual guides to help you to organize your pictures, drawings, and movement.

StoryBoards

StoryBoards

• Watch this great Prezi presentation for several resources about making storyboards.

Storyboarding for kids http://prezi.com/svvsce9m_jxq/copy-of-storyboarding-for-kids/

StoryBoard Videos

• Storyboarding For People Who Can't Draw

http://youtu.be/ux_Em1lVsjI

• How to Create a Storyboard for Your Video Shoot

http://youtu.be/LgDwNxGIuCQ

Special Terms • Terms and Abbreviations for Shot and Storyboard Descriptions

http://www.edu.pe.ca/threeoaks/Art/Digital Arts

site/unit4/pdf/abbreviations.pdf

• This page provides a nice list of terms such as WS = wide shot, CU = Close Up, Pan = turn camera to left or right.

Scripts for Narration • Your scripts will be quite short for

these videos but still should be well thought out before you begin to record your narration.

• You can write these below your storyboard to make it easy for you .

Scripts for Narration

Video Storytelling Basics

• A great group of videos are available in this Youtube channel = nyvs

• Video Storytelling Basics Tutorial: The Shot Sequence - Part 1

• http://youtu.be/YOyHlfYDCqA

How to Write a Script for a Video

• These videos are intended for a business presentation but give good tips for writing your script

http://youtu.be/Zkn3vUOoI2o

http://youtu.be/jjtGMvmosKo

Online StoryBoards • Once you know how to hand draw a

storyboard, you can try this free online StoryBoarding software.

StoryboardThat

http://www.storyboardthat.com/

Online StoryBoards & Scripts

• Kids Vid is a great online resource for planning both your storyboard and your script

Kids Vid http://kidsvid.4teachers.org/index.shtml

Online Storyboards & Scripts

• Another great resource that you can use to make a storyboard with script is available at:

Storyboard Generator http://generator.acmi.net.au/storyboard